Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 13 (recto)

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

1564 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated in the center with a pot of flowers that is framed by a curvilinear shape formed out of coiling vines. Middle column is decorated with a central urn flanked by 2 composite male figures with plant stems for legs that form into coiling vines. Right column is decorated in the center with 2 symmetrical dragon heads that attach to coiling leaves and vines.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921